Universities Strive For 'Christmas'-Free Campuses

As another Christmas quickly approaches, colleges across the country are issuing their annual guidelines on how to make the season as inclusive as possible.

At the University of California, Irvine, for instance, individual departments are encouraged to “focus on celebrating a special occasion, instead of a specific holiday,” suggesting that they have a “year-end celebration” or celebrate “seasonal themes such as fall, winter, or spring.”

The California university also requests that academic departments “ensure that office celebrations are not indirectly celebrating religious holidays,” suggesting that they display “diverse symbols representing a variety of faith traditions along with secular ones.”

The State University of New York, Brockport has issued similar guidance on “culturally sensitive holiday decorations,” even advising employees to “consider a grab bag instead of a ‘Secret Santa’ gift exchange.”

“Keep decorations general and nonspecific to any religion. Create a winter theme with lights and color rather than religious icons, or include decorations from all the cultural traditions represented in your department,” the guidelines add, saying the “holiday season should be considered an opportunity to demonstrate cultural sensitivity and inclusivity.”

Similarly, Ohio University put out a guide on “holiday expenditures,” noting that decorations cannot be purchased with university funds, but that any decorations “displayed in public areas” should “be secular in nature.”

The same paragraph mentions campus policy 42.501, which pertains to “the safe and appropriate use of decorations,” yet the policy contains no provisions on requiring secular-themed decorations, and the university did not respond to Campus Reform’s request for clarification.

Meanwhile, Life University is sponsoring a holiday decorating contest, but will judge participants on “inclusiveness, or how the decorations are respectful of all the religious winter holidays,” along with three other criteria.

Eastern Connecticut’s Public Liberal Arts University is offering students the chance to participate in “an inclusive holiday decorating party,” while numerous other institutions have omitted the word “Christmas” from their annual “tree lighting” ceremonies.

Among them is Mercyhurst University, a Catholic college in Pennsylvania, which refers to its celebration as the “annual holiday tree lighting.”

Not to be outdone, the University of Alabama’s student newspaper ran an editorial attacking President Trump for returning a nativity scene to the White House grounds, calling the move “disrespectful.”

“Bringing back the nativity scene is a slap in the face to the remaining religions thriving within America,” the editorial declared.

“Placing the nativity scene on the grounds of the most important house in the United States is sending the message that their president forgets those who do not practice Christianity.”

CORRECTION: This story originally stated the the nativity scene editorial was published by Harvard University's student newspaper, rather than the University of Alabama's. The article has also been corrected to reflect that Ohio University does not allow decorations to be purchased with university funds.

Why must CHRISTmas be inclusive? CHRISTmas is for CHRISTians. If the USG wants to recognise other religions it should introduce public holidays for the major dats in other major religions. WHich everyone, including Christaians should also respect. Everyone that is, except Libtards whose Agenda is not as stated.

I told the fellow at the Salvation Army outside of Walmart the local university admin discourages giving this time of year since they say it's nothing special. After his initial shock subsided, I told him he might want to go to the University president's office with some of his buddies, and have a chat with that anti-Chirstmas, anti-Salvation Army college president about what Christmas is all about.

Every time I see the faggot rainbow I can't help but think of anal sex and men fellating one other. Totally disgusting. You won't believe how many food products I used to enjoy that now make me nauseous just seeing their labels. YUK!!!

I pointed that out to a young lady eating skittles a few months back and she looked disgusted then threw the bag (still unfinished) away.

Just say, "Merry Christmas" to everyone you encounter in your day-to-day travels. Most will respond with a mixture of surprise followed by a smile and even the occassional returned Merry Christmas. The others' heads will explode. Either way, it's a win-win.

I'm a practising Buddhist, but what the hell is with this shit. Most religious/spiritual 'movement' have something going on in December - it is the dark period of our year and all that. Celebrations abound as the days start to get longer - the return of the light and all that - really ancient shit, co-opted by the major religions a couple of grand years ago. (The more or less first week of December is the big week for Buddhists, to recognize the historical Buddha's great enlightenment on December 7th.)

So Western (so-called) Christian (mostly) civiliization has more or less gathered thier various legends around Christmas Day and generally speaking, monetized the shit out of it.

So now the vast majority is being instructed/browbeat/and indoctrinated into recognizing every 1/10th of 1 % minority that 'worships' the Winter Solistice in another way than the dear old US Christmas, that is sort of a cultural unification meme.

This IS the deliberate destruction of our culture, and for all its faults, one of the better memes of our culture: goodwill to men (oops right there), peace on earth, all that stuff, and generally good cheer to all. Lead by the academic geniuses (bureacrats all) of our colleges and universities, most of which are becoming more irrelevant by the day. Our culture, the glue of civility and shared ideas, is being picked at slowly and surely - and we, like Rome, will fall.

I'm truly glad I'm an old man, but I fear for my grandchildren and what they will become, and what it will cost. them.

A bunch of chanting zombies repeating inclusivity, unity, while half of all americans and most of the world is censored because they keep screaming we don’t agree with your claim of the equality of genders, we don’t agree with open borders in clearly racist ways, we believe in our own religions, we do not agree with leftism, you do not have the answers, you are just willing to kill everyone in order not to have to live with people disagreeing with you because you are wrong. Human beings achieve more with beliefs and an identity, and they fail less because the world is limited and discriminatory against the ugly, the poor, and the stupid. Those who embrace that make better choices than those who do not. B”H

I have heard the claim repeated ad nauseum that "diversity is our strength" "inclusivity makes us 'better'" and other similar assertions. Those and others like them are very strong claims. Strong claims require strong evidence. Where is it? Where is the evidence to back up the diversity cheerleaders? It's simply asserted as if self-evidently true; or like a magical incantation.

Or think of it this way: what would diversity mean in, say, your diet? Sure, you need nutritious food but diversity requires we mix in a bit a poison too. After all, diversity is our strength...or not.

These Unis claim they want inclusiveness for everybody and suggest that the theme should be related to the season (Winter). As an Australian (southern hemisphere of course) I'm OUTRAGED that they don't include or consider the offense they are causing to any student (Australian, NZ, South America, southern Africa) from south of the equator. Now what will these Unis do if if a bunch of Catholic South American students start a noisy/violent picket of the admin offices for the admins racist exclusion of them? Conservatives and Christians need to get as noisy and disruptive on campus as the leftist SJWs and ensure our rights to openly practice and display our faith are no longer trampled on under PC mantras of "inclusiveness".